Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-01
was In the habit OF supplying the Werkle

act of filling the small can for delivery 70
the iApitor the egorm door had Oeen part
lY opened and man, whose face ne did
not see, had told him that the family had
gone into the country and that Go milk
was needed. Upon this, and without
making any inquiries, the milkman had
Jumped CT his box and driven away. He
added, 10 reply 10 th6 Inspectors qUes-
lions, that he would not be abe - iden-
tity me JuaU, Tor he had seer no more CT
MIN ;hsn one ERIN sn0 shoulder and had
heard him speak barely dozen words
The next witness 10 be admitted was
Daniel Keely, the regular Wstchman OF
the bank. This man was one Of those
whom there was some reason to suspect
OF completely ID the crime, his position
rendering IL possible for him TO provide
the burglars with opportunities for ep-
preaching the bank. His appearance,
however, when he confronted the in
spactor, was frank and honest. and his
story was straightforward. He stated
that he had gone on duty a. II O'Clock on
Saturday night, at which time everything
about the bank had neen perfectly quie5
and regular. No suspicious persons had
come within view during his watch, and
NJ had exchanged WORDS with no one eX-
Cept an occasional policeman. He had
spent the seven hours between II at
night snd the next morning in pacing
slowly to and fro past the Blocker street
and Broadway sides oftae bank building;
he was never longer than couple of
minutes out of sight OF either side; he
was positive that he had not doZed for g
moment. At O'clock, the street beng
1T that tine vacant, he had entered the
ST mr.
to Werkle's rooms TO awaken him.
"Did you find the BECKER street door
locked when you went iu?" the Inspector
asked.
Keely replied that he had. The lock
vas q spring locS, and could only be
opened with a pass-key. During the
daytime il was fastened back by catch.
He mad unlocked the door and mad closed
Il behind him, when, Of course, it re-
locked itself. After awakening Werkla,
he at once returned down stairs, opeGed
the door bY pushing back the spring, and
went home and to bed. lie was positive
that no one could have entered this part
Of The builking while he was in it.
"And YET" thought the Inspector IL
himself, "the six men must have been IN
WerklG's room before keely got back to
the street. Unless ne is lying, therefore,
t6ey must have spent the nIgAt IN the
building. We must i0Gz INTO that"
After cross-examiniug Keely severely,
/ without causing him 10 vary IRON
his story, ne allowed him to go,
bat gave directions that ne should be
carefully watched until further orders.
He then sent an officer IN plain clothes to
investigate the upper doors Of the bank
bdtldlug. aud report upon any traces OF
unauthorized occupation inst h. might
fad there. The officer brought back
word that the Two upper floors were not
rented: and that IN Z room on one Of
these ne had come upon plain evidence
tha. several persons had spent the night
there, though the evidence was not OF
| character that could lead to az identitica-
ton Of the persons. The inference was,
/ therefore, that the six burglars had made
their w2y Into the upper part Of the build
ing ju5t before The door was locked for
the6nght, had thus been able to pCunce
upon Werkle the moment Keely had left
ann. But neither this circumstance nor
anything else that had come to light gave
promise Of dispensing the obscurity which
enVelope6 every feature OF this unpar-
alleled crime.
The only remaining witness was one
Patrick Shevelin, q brother-in-sw Of Kee-
ly and supplementary w6tchmau at the
bank. His hours of duty were generally
/ during the daytime on SUNDAYS He WAS
not so intelligent looking man as Keely;
his aspect was CT dull good nature; he
answered all questions readily &nG. SO fer
as could be judged, ingeniOusly. There
( were certainly fewer obvious grounds OF
/ auspiCion against him thar against Keely;
I nd ipfnrYnr p-p,rr .t,.y y,ocA
/ career as happened to be at hand showed
nothing to his discredit. Nevertheless,
since 20 chance, however remote, must
be neglected, il u - necessary not only 10
examine S1eyelin, out 20 Aoid nim in sGg--
pici0n. His statement that he knew roth
irg whatever about the STAR was pr0Da-
bly, true; bur ST the same time it was pos
sicily false. IN his conversation with this
man the Inspector, whether iaStiacsiYeIY
or OF design, adopted an easier aud more
af8Oie dCmGRuor than with The Others, rs
il to Indicate 10 hin thai the examine
ton was more matter Of form than aug-
tdins else. He allowed hin To tell his
story il his own wey, and even to ram
bic off CCcaSi On@Iiy into Irrelevant topics,
and cOntente1 himself meanwhile with
making Z keen, but uaootruSiVe study Of
his face, voice and expression. One would
almost have said that the Inspector had
invited ShevElin to call on him merely
for the pleasure OF his company.
81 length be told tie Waterman that he
would detaiu him nc longer aud that be
WAS ct liberty to 20 where he pleased
/ Slevell1 babe the Inspector good-day,
, and turned to g Gus; but as be did so
/ the Inspector, whose eyes were still fixed
I upon hln, noticed q peculiar smile pass
over his t3c2-a smile 0r COmplaceut and
/ demure cunning. That smile gave the
! detective the hcSt glesm of encourage
menJ he had ne! with that day, aHc yet
how very little it amounted 10!
Left alone, Inspector Ryrnes took up
! the handouts which had been removed
/ from Werkle's wrists and scrutinIzgd
/ them tnOGghUuiIy. or will 90 hard
he said &c himself, "if some day l don't
put these bracelets on the men they be
! long to"
CHAPTER V.
or the north west corner of Blocker
street and Broadway, directly opposite
the Manhattan Savings Institution, there
hung for several years & weather-beaten
and faded tin sign, appvising whom it
might concern that John D Grady dealt
| in diamonds on the first floor Of the build
ing. If, attracted by this announcements,
you had mounted the stairs and opened
the door marked with his name, YOU
would have found yourself IN q ralner
narrow, oblong room, with q counter
running lengthwise, and at the further